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Configuring an MSDP mesh group ··················································································································· 198
Configuring MSDP peer connection control ····································································································· 198
Configuring SA messages related parameters ········································································································· 199
Configuration prerequisites ································································································································ 199
Configuring SA message content ······················································································································ 199
Configuring SA request messages ····················································································································· 200
Configuring SA message filtering rules ············································································································· 200
Configuring the SA cache mechanism ·············································································································· 201
Displaying and maintaining MSDP ···························································································································· 202
MSDP configuration examples ··································································································································· 202
Inter-AS multicast configuration leveraging BGP routes ·················································································· 202
Inter-AS multicast configuration leveraging static RPF peers ·········································································· 208
Anycast RP configuration ···································································································································· 211
SA message filtering configuration ··················································································································· 215
Troubleshooting MSDP ················································································································································ 218
MSDP peers stay in down state ························································································································· 218
No SA entries in the switch’s SA cache ············································································································ 219
Inter-RP communication faults in Anycast RP application ················································································ 219
MBGP configuration (available only on the A5500 EI) ······················································································· 220
MBGP overview ··························································································································································· 220
Protocols and standards ·············································································································································· 220
MBGP configuration task list ······································································································································· 220
Configuring MBGP basic functions ···························································································································· 221
Configuration prerequisites ································································································································ 221
Configuration procedure ···································································································································· 221
Controlling route advertisement and reception ········································································································· 222
Configuration prerequisites ································································································································ 222
Configuring MBGP route redistribution ············································································································· 222
Configure default route redistribution into MBGP ···························································································· 222
Configuring MBGP route summarization ·········································································································· 223
Advertising a default route to an IPv4 MBGP peer or peer group ································································ 224
Configuring outbound MBGP route filtering ····································································································· 224
Configuring inbound MBGP route filtering ······································································································· 225
Configuring MBGP route dampening ··············································································································· 226
Configuring MBGP route attributes ···························································································································· 226
Configuration prerequisites ································································································································ 226
Configuring MBGP route preferences ··············································································································· 226
Configuring the default local preference ·········································································································· 227
Configuring the MED attribute ··························································································································· 227
Configuring the Next Hop attribute ··················································································································· 228
Configuring the AS-PATH attribute ···················································································································· 228
Tuning and optimizing MBGP networks ···················································································································· 229
Configuration prerequisites ································································································································ 229
Configuring MBGP soft reset······························································································································ 229
Enabling the MBGP ORF capability ·················································································································· 230
Configuring the maximum number of MBGP routes for load balancing ······················································· 231
Configuring a large scale MBGP network ················································································································ 232
Configuration prerequisites ································································································································ 232
Configuring IPv4 MBGP peer groups ··············································································································· 232
Configuring MBGP community ·························································································································· 232
Configuring an MBGP route reflector ··············································································································· 233
Displaying and maintaining MBGP ··························································································································· 234
Displaying MBGP ················································································································································ 234
Resetting MBGP connections ······························································································································ 235
Clearing MBGP information ······························································································································· 235